Prince Charles visits school farm

Monday, 28 April 2008

Year of food and farming logo FCFCG and Year of Food and Farming patron Prince Charles has visited a city school in Coventry to see how it uses its farm to bring alive learning about growing food, healthy eating and caring for the environment. The visit to Cardinal Wiseman School highlighted the wide variety of ways young people experience learning outside of the classroom, especially those pupils who learn best by practical application of concepts and theory.

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Flower Show leftovers on offer

Monday, 21 April 2008

pink flower in bloom Community gardens, city farms, school gardens and allotments associations could get their hands on free plants and materials from the Chelsea Flower Show this year, thanks to a scheme set up by Good Gifts, the ethical gifts catalogue. The company has recently negotiated with RHS to run a recycling depot for gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show, which runs from Monday 26th May to Monday 2nd June and expects items like plants, turf, bricks, stone, paving, breeze blocks, plant pots and timber to be available. 

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Grants scheme for mental health

Wednesday, 16 April 2008

Finding therapy in gardening FCFCG members could benefit from a grants scheme focusing on benefits to mental health and the environment. The charity Mind has been awarded funds from the Big Lottery Fund’s Changing Spaces programme to launch Ecominds, a £7.5million five-year grant scheme. Applications are expected to open in mid-2008. Ecominds will promote the integration of mental health service users into the community via the delivery of environmental projects conducive to good mental and physical health.

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Mudchute farm hosts minister

Monday, 14 April 2008

Defra Minister Hilary Benn at Mudchute FCFCG member Mudchute Park and Farm in East London played host to Defra State Secretary Hilary Benn recently, as part of the Year of Food and Farming. Six of Mudchute’s Young Farmers had lunch in the award winning restaurant, Mudchute Kitchen with the Minister and then accompanied him on a farm tour. The visit concluded with a question and answer session with the Young Farmers. 

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Call for young farmers

Monday, 14 April 2008

young farmer carrying hayA dozen ambitious young people with an interest in food, farming and the countryside are wanted to join the 2008 Young City Farmers Programme - a 3-week residential introduction to farming, food and rural occupations at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester. The Royal Agricultural College, in association with ‘The Black Farmer’, is running the scheme which start on  July 14, 2008.

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Funding boost for Scotland

Tuesday, 01 April 2008

FCFCG worker leads site tour Community Gardeners across Scotland are set to benefit from a spring lottery windfall after the Big Lottery Fund announced a grant of nearly half a million pounds to the Growing Communities in Scotland partnership. Included in the partnership is the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (FCFCG), the Scottish Therapeutic Gardening Network (Trellis) and the Allotments Regeneration Initiative (ARI). The lottery funding will help the partners continue their work with the blossoming Scottish community garden and allotment network. At least 350 community, therapeutic and allotment gardens across Scotland will benefit from improved and comprehensive support services.

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Manifesto to inspire local growth

Wednesday, 19 March 2008

Basil working on his allotment Communities which work together to grow, eat and distribute their own food feel happier, healthier and take more positive steps to improve the environment – both local and global. That’s the simple but powerful conclusion contained in a new manifesto, which calls for greater effort from policy makers, funders and support organisations to help those local community groups who create tangible benefits for their neighbourhoods. Called ‘From the ground up’, the manifesto is the culmination of the three-year SPAN partnership programme (Sustainable Production in Active Neighbourhoods) and aims to inspire wider recognition of the positive impact of community food growing. 

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Local Food on the menu

Monday, 17 March 2008

ripe tomatoes Local Food, a new and exciting grants programme funded by the Big Lottery Fund, has officially opened for applications. The £50 million programme - aimed at making locally grown food accessible and affordable to local communities - has been developed by a consortium of organisations, including FCFCG. Local Food is the first Award Partner scheme funded by the Big Lottery Fund's Changing Spaces programme to open its doors for applications, and will look to distribute grants to a variety of food-related community projects across England.

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